The planned Balboa Park attraction hired San Diego-based KCM Group to oversee transformation of the former Hall of Champions.

No construction date has been set for the project yet, with a fundraising campaign still in full swing.

KCM Group will be responsible for the build-out of the three-story, 68,000-square foot space, but, for now, it is just in the conceptual design.

“We are honored to help build a museum and experience center in San Diego that will capture the magic of Comic-Con 365-days-a-year,” said Gordon Kovtun, president of KCM.

The museum was first announced in March 2017 to replace the sports-themed Hall of Champions. Organizers have spent the time since gathering feedback from Comic-Con fans and fundraising.

Adam Smith, museum executive director, said in a press release that KCM was hired for its experience in Balboa Park.

“The museum is still in its early stages but we wanted to recruit a specialist project manager as soon as possible,” he said.

Smith declined to comment Friday on how far along the fundraising process was going or how much was needed for the museum, saying he preferred the news to be focused on the hiring of KCM.

Comic fans can donate on the museum’s website, Comic-ConMuseum.org, through PayPal. It also has set up a campaign to raise money on Omaze.com where participants can buy raffle tickets for special passes to next year’s Comic-Con International.

The building was constructed for the California Pacific International Exposition in 1935 and rebuilt for the Hall of Champions in 1999. Comic-Con’s agreement with the city does not require it to pay rent, a common deal for arts institutions housed in the park.

KCM has a history in Balboa Park. It produced the feasibility study to help reopen the California Tower to the public and has been working for several years on the project to remodel Plaza de Panama, which would remove cars from the area.

The Plaza de Panama project has been wrapped up in lawsuits for years with challenges from Save Our Heritage Organisation and San Diegans for Open Government.

Outside of the park, KCM served as project manager for the new Urban Discovery Academy charter school in East Village. Opening in 2015, it was the city’s first downtown kindergarten to 8th grade charter school.

Comic-Con was founded in San Diego in 1970 and has grown into a pop-culture phenomenon with more than 130,000 attendees each year.